Chad Waters on 6 Nov 2006 15:49:51 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu questions

On 11/6/06, Eric wrote: 
2.  I need java.  When I type "java -version" it tells me that
it's running java "1.4.2" - but not sun's java.  What is it that
I'm getting?  An open-source implementation of Java?  If so then
I need to un-install that and get the latest java from Sun or IBM.
Is there an "apt-get" way of un-installing the java I have and
getting the "real thing" or do I just use the SUN/IBM installer?


Sun Java is available in the multiverse repository.

Edgy packages currently provide version 1.5.0 update08

X@X$ apt-cache search sun-java
sun-java5-bin - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0
sun-java5-demo - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 5.0 demos and examples
sun-java5-doc - Sun JDK(TM) Documention -- integration installer
sun-java5-fonts - Lucida TrueType fonts (from the Sun JRE)
sun-java5-jdk - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 5.0
sun-java5-jre - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0
sun-java5-plugin - The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 5.0
sun-java5-source - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 5.0 source files
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